Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-08-09
BON H0MME COUNTY.

u HUMME C0UNII
TyndalI and Scotland-The Huttrtschs
Society and fts Agricultural Labors-
Crops In q Favored Kegion-An Old
Relic.
Tyndall. August $50 the Press and
Dakotaian: / met on the cars NJ. w
Egan, formerly of company B, 4th lows
cavalry, who was in the service and on
the scene at the fall Of Vicksburg. He
now resides in Independence, Iowa, and
is working in this section of the west
for Ohas. P. Kellogg g. Co.'S clothing es-
Establishments of Chicago. MI. Egan re-
ports the crops in Iowa not near equal
to those in this section Of Dakota. More
-he thought these southeast corner
counties the best in the yield OF crops of
anything he had seen this year In
southern Dakota-this region beng the
only region blessed with an abundance
of rain.
At Scotland we found the lodge OF
Odd Fellowship arranging to visit the
Tyndall lodge of that order. The meet
ing, l was told, was a most enjoyable
affair.
Three steam threshing machines were
hard at work 10 the wheat fields of the
Hutterische society, below Bon Homme.
All three of these machines were owned
by this society and intended to work Cor
the wheat growers after their own crop
is threshed. Their crop, VIZ understand,
is very heavy. Their vineyard also has
a large yield this year. They expect to
manufacture fifty barrels of wine after
the market is we'll supplied with grapes.
From these sales they expect to realize
more than from any previous season.
The apple crop also will be abundant
better than ever before. The vineyard
will be greatly enlarged the present
season. The culture of grapes pays.
The number Of enrolled school children
in this peighborhood is ninety, divided
into to three schools, classified by age.
The mill has been thoroughly overhaul
ed-the buhrstones have been displaced
and the roller work introduced and the
result is a choice variety Of -four. The
mill is dong good and paying work.
A plan IS now being extensively liked
up in Bon Homme county to
prepare q car and fill it with
the productions of the county
and roll it into the territorial fair at
Mitchell next month, Also to some of
the eastern fairs, that these western pro-
auctions may be seen by those who
cultivate the eastern lands. 1t is be-
lieved by this means Dakota lands
would be more effeotually advertised
than by any other plan our people
might devise. 1t has been Btrenuously
urged by those having this matter at
heart in TyndalI that Ysnkton, Clay and
Union COMMITTEES unite with Bon Homme
county in this exhibition of the strength
OF Dakota soil. II there is g move IN
this direction it should be put in motion
at There is no time to spare.
Will not those who see the need take
hold of this matter and push it through
to o successful issue?
Tyndall is slowly creeping out towards
the prairie and thiokening up on its busl.
ness streets. Two more buildings for
business houses are now being built on
Pearl street. We are glad to record
that the requisite number of voters pc
titloned the county commissioners to
order q vote on the local option law,
Whether Bon Homme county would
adopt the law for their governments, the
vote has been ordered and the request
of the petitioners has been granted.
Mr.. Van Summers made Yankton
college q handsome donation OF valuable
books. Judge Williams also remember.
ed the college in the same direction. A
small donation in money was also given
by the Presbyterian congregation where
your correspondent presented the needs
OF the college.
The jail is not we'll %patronized, hence
Sheriff Petrie regards the times dull il
his field of labor.
The draining of. the lake liz the towr
has been an unduubted success. 1t hat
added a number of lots to the town anC
no little promise of health, making the
business less for the sons Of Esculsplas
A number of new buildings are nov
going up in Scotland. Mr.. Hale, the
cashier of the Bon Homme county bank
and Major DollRrd are building fine
residences in the vicinity of the academy
A new church is also going mp, built BY
the Eplsoopalians which will be an orna
ment to the appearance OF the city
This gives to Scotland seven ohurof
edifcep.
At the sanctum of TIE Dakota Citizer
we found q real relic of aDtiquity-tht
Bon Homme Democrat, a four pag'
l2xl4 inch sheet, IL began to be pub.
lished in 1876. II had five advertise.
ments, four from Yanktor-Palmer, dry
goods, and Piles. shoes caps and hats
w. s. Cole, Bon Homme. wines ant
liquors. / read i'll 1t q call at the cour
house in Bon Homme TO take measure
against grasshoppors eggs, which hat
been deposited in great numbers in tn
county, signed by Simpson. There wa
another call for q ggsasahopper conven
zion to meet at Canton to devise plan
against these destructive hordes. 1t wa
stated that SIS 900 would be required Il
carry out the plan proposed, but tn